Local Hardy Spaces of Musielak-Orlicz Type and Their Applications

Let \phi: \mathbb{R}^n\times[0,\fz)\rightarrow[0,\fz) be a function such that $\phi(x,\cdot)$ is an Orlicz function and $\phi(\cdot,t)\in A^{\mathop\mathrm{loc}}_{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ (the class of local weights introduced by V. S. Rychkov). In this paper, the authors introduce a local Hardy space $h_{\phi}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ of Musielak-Orlicz type by the local grand maximal function, and a local $\mathop\mathrm{BMO}$-type space $\mathop\mathrm{bmo}_{\phi}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ which is further proved to be the dual space of $h_{\phi}(\mathbb{R}^n)$. As an application, the authors prove that the class of pointwise multipliers for the local $\mathop\mathrm{BMO}$-type space $\mathop\mathrm{bmo}^{\phi}(\mathbb{R}^n)$, characterized by E. Nakai and K. Yabuta, is just the dual of L^1(\rn)+h_{\Phi_0}(\mathbb{R}^n), where $\phi$ is an increasing function on $(0,\infty)$ satisfying some additional growth conditions and $\Phi_0$ a Musielak-Orlicz function induced by $\phi$. Characterizations of $h_{\phi}(\mathbb{R}^n)$, including the atoms, the local vertical and the local nontangential maximal functions, are presented. Using the atomic characterization, the authors prove the existence of finite atomic decompositions achieving the norm in some dense subspaces of $h_{\phi}(\mathbb{R}^n)$, from which, the authors further deduce some criterions for the boundedness on $h_{\phi}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ of some sublinear operators. Finally, the authors show that the local Riesz transforms and some pseudo-differential operators are bounded on $h_{\phi}(\mathbb{R}^n)$.Comment: Sci. China Math. (to appear